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Co-founder of Bistrot Pierre, Robert Beacham, has exclusively told The Herald they are hoping to open Rooms at the Yard in "early April", but "issues" with the historic building have presented some small hiccups on site.

However renovation is otherwise going to plan, he said, and the team cannot wait to welcome their first guests.

Bistrot Pierre was founded in 1994 by Mr Beacham and his childhood friend John Whitehead. The pair now own 22 restaurants across the country, but this is only their second 'Rooms' venture.

Not quite a hotel, the 'Rooms' concept will see guests pick up their keys at the restaurant opposite and mosey on over the lawn - possibly via a golf buggy - to settle in for the night.

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Mr Beacham explained: "You come and check in at the restaurant, as you would in a hotel, but you will be pointed to seat in the bar and a member of staff will come across with an iPad to check you in and give you your key.

There will be non-service rooms with comfy beds and powerful showers (Image: Sarah Waddington)

"They are non-service rooms, but with very comfortable beds, powerful showers, big televisions and good Wi-Fi.

"It is a beautiful building and the rooms are simply beautiful, but built on a budget, which is what dictates the room rate.

"They are what you need if you are a traveller, and I'm a traveller myself as business takes me across the country."

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The historic building will have 14 bedrooms, all with their own en-suite bathrooms. But no extra parking will be provided, with visitors encouraged to use the existing parking provisions within the Yard.

Designed by Devon-based Gillespie Yunnie Architects, which also created the striking staircase at the Yard, the refurbishment will have a "limited impact" on the listed property, with the physical alterations being “minor and reversible”.

There will be 14 rooms within the building itself (Image: Sarah Waddington)

Mr Beacham said there might be a slightly longer wait until Rooms is fully open, though.

"We found issues with the roof leaking," he explained. "It is a lovely, old building, but that means you get the issues that then come with old buildings.